Tape-moistening machine.



C. L. MOO-N & I. BELL.

TAPE MOISTENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION man SEPT. 5, 1913.

Patented May 18, 1915.

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C. L. MOON & I. BELL.

TAPE MoIsTENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1913. Lw?. Patented May18,1915.

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@Heyy/Ww THE NURRIS PETERS C0., PHOTG-LITHO., WASHINGTON, D. C.

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CHARLES L. :MOON AND IRA BELL, OF JOPLIN, MISSOURI.

TAPE-MOISTENING LACHINE.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHARLES L. MOON and IRA BELL, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Joplin and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Tape-Moistening Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for moistening gummed tape and it consists of a magazine adapted to support one or more rolls of tape, a liquid container, and a moistening roll in the container across which the tape is intended to be drawn to be moistened thereby, and a variable and adjustable tape tensioning and supporting device between the magazine and the liquid container.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the class mentioned, including a magazine, a support upon which the magazine is removably mounted, and a variable and adjustable partition whereby the magazine may be divided into separate compartments, and whereby the size of the different compartments may be varied as required to accommodate rolls of tape of different widths.

Another object is to provide a device of the class mentioned including a tape holding and tensioning device comprising a plate across which the tape is to be drawn, means for adjusting and holding said plate in different positions, and a spring actuated tensioning device yieldingly held against said plate.

Another object is to provide a portable device of the type mentioned comprising a base, a magazine adapted to contain one or more rolls of tape, means for holding said magazine upon said base, a support mounted upon said base, a liquid tank or container removably mounted upon said support, sup.- porting standards mounted upon said support between said liquid tank or container and said magazine, an adjustable tape holding and tensioning device carried by said standards, means coperating with one of said standards to hold said tensioning device in different adjustments, and a severing device carried by said standards.

In an application filed by us on or about November 18, 1911, Serial Number 661,116, we illustrated and described a tape moistening machine comprising a magazine provided with means for suspending or hanging it under a counter or any other suitable support, in combination with tensioning and Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 5, 1913.

Patented May 18, 1915. serial No. 788,232.

moistening devices adapted to be superimposed upon the counter or support, and a guide way or passage way through which the tape could be drawn from themagazine through the tensioning and moistening devices.

The present invention includes an improved form of magazine adapted to be interchanged with the magazine of the aforesaid application, so that the magazine of the present invention may be suspended under the counter or support in the manner described in our co-pending application, or may be placed upon the portable support included in the present invention and so cooperate with the tensioning and moistening devices which are also mounted on said portable support.

Another object, therefore, is to provide a tape moistening device in which the magazine may be interchanged at will from the portable type of machine to the type of machine described in our co-pending application.

`With these and other objects in view we have embodied our invention in a form which we have illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2 is a verical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the tape magazine and supporting base taken approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. t is a sectional view of the liquid container and support taken approximately on the line Ll-4l of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken approximately on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the support which is attached to the base and which receives and holds the liquid container or tank.

rlhe base l may be a casting provided with a support 2 at the side of which are retaining arms or flanges 3. IThe magazine L rests upon the support 2 between the flanges 3 and is thereby retained in position, but is readily removable when it is desired to remove it for any purpose. Nithin the magazine 4 is a partition 5 which is formed with an annular flange 6 and which lits against the inner surface of the wall of the magazine and is thereby frictionally held in any position in which it may be placed. This partition is laterally movable and may be adjusted in position to divide the magazine into compartments of the same size or diii'erent sizes as required by the width of the tape contained therein. Thus in Fig. 3 the `partition is illustrated in position dividing -projections 7, and the partition 5 is provided with a projection S through which openings are formed. The arms of a bifurcated member 9 pass through the openings in thecprojections 7 and 8 and are adapted to confine the tape as the tape is drawn from the rolls in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2.

One end of the base 1 sustains a support 10 which, in the Vform shown, is composed 'of sheet metaland is providedrwith two depending arms 11 which are rmly attached to the base 1 bythe bolts 12. The base 1 is alsorprovided with flanges 13Y (Figs. l and 5), which extend over the edges of the support 10, thereby irmly holding the support 10 in position. The support 10 is also pro-f vided with flanges 14 under which the'profjecting ends of the bottom of the tank 15 are retained. The engagement between the projecting ends of the bottom ofthe magazine and the ianges 111 is frictional so that the tank is removably held in position upon the support. The end walls of the tank are provided with bearings 16 in which the aXle rod 17 of the moistening roll 18a is 'journaled. The tank is adapted to contain a liquid suitable for moistening the tape and it is intended that the tape shall be drawn over the upper edge of the moistening roll which carries suiiicient liquid into contact with the tape to moisten the same, the moistening roll revolving as the tape is drawn thereover. v

To start the moistening roll revolving weV have provided a wheel 1S against which the inger may be moved when the tape may be started, thereby quickly bringing the moistener into Contact with the tape so that all of the tape will be moistened.

Two standards 19 are attached tothe support 10 and .are provided with flanges 20 in which notches 21 are formed.

A'rod 22 is seated in the notches 21 and supports a plate 23. A manually operable clamp device 24E screws on to the rod 22 and against the outer'side of one of the flanges 20 effectively to clamp and retain the rod 22 and the plate 23 in any position to `which Ythey may be turned. `A clamping element 25 has its ends extending through the notches 21 and is yieldingly pressed against the yplate 23 by springs 26, the lower ends of which are connected to projections 27 on the flanges 20. The tape is drawn between the arms oi' the bifurcated member 9 and between the plate 23 and the clamp member 25 and the end of the tape will ybe held in any desired position determined by the adjustment of the plate23.

The arms 19- eXtend upwardly and iorwardly as shown, and support a serrated severing -device 28 against which the tape may be drawn and severed as desired.

. From Vtheiforegoing it will be understood that the magazine including-the bifurcated member 9 (which corresponds" to the bifurcated member 13 'of the co-pending application), may be used upon the present type of portable machine, er in connection with the invention described in the co-pending application as desired. YVJhen used in the presentY machine the member k9 constitutes al suitable 'guide for the tape, and when used in connection with the machine/ of the co-'pending application referred to, said members 9 constitute hangers for engaging with the hooks "of Ysaid application whereby the magazine may be supported or suspend- Y ed under the counter,` or other support. Thus it will be seen that the magazines are readily interchangeable from one machine tov the other and that no particular or special adjustment is necessary in order to adapt the magazine of` oneA machine for use Vin theother machine. A 'Y vThe use and operation ofthe vdevice will .be obvious from the foregoingdescription ofv the construction and arrangement thereof.

It will be apparent also that there may be many modiiications in' the construction and arrangement of the parts without departure Vfrom the spirit and scope of the invention. V'lhereifore, we do not restrict ourselves to identical features except as set forth in the appended claims. Y 'f j What we claim and desire tofsecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the characterdescribed, i

the combination with a magazine arranged I to receive a vroll of tape and a moistening device for supplying moistureto the tape vdrawn from said magazine, of a pairV of standards-between said magazine vand. said Yroll and provided with notches, a rod'seated in said vnotches 'andmovable therein with respect' to said magazine Vand said roll, fa plate attached to'said rod, a clampingQdevice coperating with one'o saidgstandards to hold said -rod in` any of itsV Various ad-` justments with 'respect to said magazine and said moistening roll, and an independently movable clamping lelement operating in saidV notches and coperating with said plate to engageV and hold the tape.l

2. A device of the characterv described,

comprising a receptacle arranged to receive iio with notches, a rod seated in said notches, a Y

vplate attached to saidrod, an independently movable clamping elementV extending into said notches and cooperating with 4said plate iso to engage and hold the tape, springs Jfor pressing said clamping element against said plate, a severing device supported by said standards above and in front of said plate, and frictional means for holding said container in dierent adjustments with respect to said plate and said receptacle.

8. A device of the character described, comprising a portable support, a magazine arranged to receive a roll of tape removably mounted on said support, a container slidably mounted on said support, flanges on said support frictionally holding said container in various adjustments, a pair of standards between said magazine and said container, a plate removably supported between said standards, a clamp for holding said plate in different positions between said standards, a clamping device cooperating with said plate to engage and hold the tape, springs pressing said clamping device against said plate, and a severing device supported by said standards above and in front of said plate and clamping device.

l. In a device of the character described, the combination of a unitary portable base, a maga-zine removably seated on said base and arranged to contain a roll of tape, integral portions on said base preventing lateral movement of said magazine and between which said magazine is removably mounted, supports secured to said base, a tensioning device supported by said supports, a severing device above and in front of said tensioning device, a container mounted on said base and being movable with respect to said magazine and said supports, means holding said magazine in any of its adjustments with respect to said supports, and a roll for supplying moisture to the tape drawn from said magazine, substantially as described.

5. ln a device of the character described,

the combination with a magazine arranged to receive a roll of tape, and a moistening roll for supplying moisture to the tape drawn from said magazine, of a rod supported between said moistening roll and said magazine, a plate attached to said rod, means for holdin@ said rod and said plate in different positions with respect to said magazine and said moistening roll, a clamping element, and springs for pressing said clamping element against said plate in any position of said plate, substantially as described.

6. ln a device of the character described, the combination of a unitary portable base, a magazine arranged to contain a roll of tape removably mounted on said base, portions integral with said base preventing lateral movement of said magazine and between which said magazine is mounted, a support removably secured to said base, two standards attached to said support, a tensioning device supported by said standards, a severing device carried by said standards above and in front of said tensioning device, a clamp device for holding said tensioning device in diierent adjustments with respect to said standards, a container removably mounted on said support, means on said support for holding said container in dilerent positions with respect to said standards and said severing device, and a moistening roll supported in said container, substantially as described.

ln witness whereof, we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES L. MOON. IRA BELL. Witnesses:

CHAs. BELL, HARRY BELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C. 

